Transcript

Panel 1

Beaver is sitting in a chair, reading a book titled "Birds". Steve stands to the side, going FLIP FLAP with his hands, while a murder of crows is visible in the background, through the window.
Beaver: "Well this really is a fascinating book!"
Steve: "Oh, sure it is Beaver..."
Steve: "'Doo doo! Look at me, I'm a bird, the most boring animal in existence..'"

Panel 2

Beaver: "Listen to this: 'Although it is a commonly held belief that birds are unintelligent, in many cases this is quite untrue. The common crow, for instance, is able to use tools, a feat which even monkeys are incapable of.'"
Steve: "'...I love to eat seeds and I smell of feathers and...'"
Steve: "Wait - did you say crows?"

Panel 3

Cut to a flashback, ticked off with "Earlier..."
A crow stands next to Steve, who is reaching into his toolbox.
Crow: "Hey there, could we borrow your tools for a minute?"
Steve: "I.. I guess so."

Panel 4

Steve: "Here you go... Waaait, you're not going to use these tools are you?"
Crow: "Oh no no, you're getting us mixed up with monkeys. They love using tools, but us simple-minded crows just need them for, you know, birdy stuff. Like perching."
Steve: "Oh, good, in that case go ahead! He he! Stupid birds!"

Panel 5

Cut back to the present, with Beaver and Steve looking out the window at the crows, who are going CAW CAW.
Beaver: "What is it Steve?"
Steve: "I may have made a terrible mistake..."

Panel 6

A closeup of the crows, with one standing alone to the left.

Panel 7

Zoom in, a full body shot of just the leftmost crow.

Panel 8

Zoom in further, a headshot of the lone crow.

Panel 9

Crow: "SCATTER!"

Panel 10

The crows all fly off, carrying several of Steve's tools, with CAWs and FLAPPs.
Steve: "YAAA!"

Panel 11

Beaver: "Ooh, what's that?"
Steve: "Oh no..."

Panel 12

A view of the ground, with Beaver and Steve's feet visible, as well as a blueprint for RoboThumbs for crows.
Steve: "It has begun..."

Fun Facts

Steve's toolbox has a little smiley face on it.

Crows can design and build RoboThumbs, despite not having opposable thumbs with which to build them in the first place.

There's no reason for crows to have thumbs on thier wings; they can already manipulate objects with thier feet.

The crows that James draw have no faces, which makes them surprisingly scary and grim.